We can say either good or bad things about Ubisoft: when they announced that Rainbow Six Siege is going to get free DLCs throughout 2016, we appreciated their work. They managed to slightly disappoint us, though: the first DLC (Operation Black Ice) was planned to launch in January, but it is delayed. (And yet, Siege got a 30-doller Season Pass, which allow us to get the new operator characters that can be unlocked via simple gameplay as well.)

The two DLC characters – coming from Canada’s Joint Task Force 2 – will become available from February 2 for Pass holders and everyone else can get them from a week later. If you don’t want to pay with money for them (600 Renown points/5 dollars), you can unlock these guys via roughly 25 hours of gameplay – this was confirmed by Ubisoft. The DLC will also include a free map although this is going to be available for free for everyone.

Seeing how DLCs come every three months, Ubisoft believes that we can get enough Renown points in this period to get the newer characters and maps for free whenever they launch.